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panjandrum::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dignitary, high-up, high muckamuck, very important person, vip |
| Type of | important person, influential person, personage |
Examples of panjandrum
panjandrum
Lawrence Hamilton plays the title panjandrum as a tap-dance master with the wardrobe of a pimp.
From the time.com
Not surprisingly, one MP, Philip Davies, asked this preposterous panjandrum how he divides up his time.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
He climaxed his career as a cultural panjandrum by presenting the huge, dazzling BBC series Civilisation in 1969.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
As apposed to a right-wing panjandrum?
From the expressandstar.com
It was high time, for the Democratic panjandrum has weathered an ominous succession of challenges and controversies in recent years.
From the time.com
Barenboim had declined a radio relay, explaining to one BBC panjandrum that London critics had not always treated him kindly in the past.
From the bloomberg.com
It comes from any pundit or panjandrum wanting to claim that, in a country that to many seems so unchanging, some dramatic new trend can be seen.
From the economist.com
Buffon was the grand panjandrum here for much of his life, when it was known as the Jardin du Roi, and he vastly expanded the gardens to the present 64 acres.
From the nytimes.com
In a move which the cynics are already comparing to Rick Stein's panjandrum control of Padstow, Blumenthal has bought a second pub in the gastro-hamlet of Bray.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Very important person: an important or influential (and often overbearing) person
- Panjandrum, known also as the The Great Panjandrum, was a massive, rocket-propelled, explosive-laden cart designed by the British military during World War II. ...
- Panjandrum is a musical with music by Woolson Morse, words by J. Cheever Goodwin, written for and produced by De Wolf Hopper and his Opera Company. It opened on May 1, 1893 at the Broadway Theater (on 41st street, now demolished) in New York and closed at the end of September 1893.
- Someone who thinks himself high and mighty.
